Lawigan National High School

Lawigan, San Joaquin, Iloilo

Senior High School Department

2021 – 2022

2nd Semester

Capstone Research

Work Immersion aims to provide SHS learners with opportunities to familiarize themselves with the
workplace; to simulate; and to apply their competencies in areas of specialization/applied subjects in
authentic work environments. However, its implementation must be flexible enough to fit the complex
setup and needs of learners, schools and partner institutions in the country.

These Capstone Research will only take effect within the School Year 2021-2022 for all Senior High
School Grade 12 STEM learner unless sooner repealed, amended, or rescinded based on the continuing
changes in the national situation.
In lieu of the Work Immersion, a Capstone Project may be done by SHS learners under the Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The following guidelines shall be observed:

1. The SHS learner may have the option to choose the topic related to his/her specialization.

2. The SHS learner is encouraged to relate the project to home or community issues, and to integrate
these to outside-of-school learning experiences. Hence, the project should encourage learners to think
critically, solve challenging problems, and develop skills that will prepare them for college, work, and
adult life.

3. The SHS learner must consider the following in crafting their research:

a. Deriving the research problem, which must be contextualized according to the learners’
current situation:

b. Reviewing related literature and/or studies;

c. Designing methods/ways of understanding;

d. Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data;

e. Report the findings

4. The outputs would be limited to what the learners and the school are equipped with, which may be
different from the research that they would like to do. It should be noted also that they may be working
on a limited support for conducting test requiring research centers.

5. The SHS learner must maintain a portfolio of findings or results and create a final product (Research
Paper) to a panel of teachers, experts, and community members to evaluate the quality of the output.

6. Here are some examples of capstone project ideas:

a. Community-based projects

b. Math investigation (e.g., providing and formulating theories) which is basically more on library
research

c. Document analysis

d. Robotics